Finale NotePad 2004 is out for Mac OS X !

Yes, Finale NotePad 2004 is out for Mac OS X (& Windows of course) !

http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/index.asp

- Joel

> Yes, Finale NotePad 2004 is out for Mac OS X (& Windows of course) !
>
> http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/index.asp

Have they added the ability to save your work as a MIDI file, or the ability
to insert controllers like pitch bend to either the Win or Mac versions?
Last time I tried Finale (think it was '02 or '03), I couldn't do either. Of
course it's free so I shouldn't complain too much.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Wier" <dawiertx@s...> wrote:
> > Yes, Finale NotePad 2004 is out for Mac OS X(& Windows of course)!
> >
> > http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/index.asp
>
> Have they added the ability to save your work as a MIDI file, or the
> ability to insert controllers like pitch bend to either the Win or
> Mac versions? Last time I tried Finale (think it was '02 or '03), I
> couldn't do either. Of course it's free so I shouldn't complain too
> much.

You didn't look hard enough. The full version of Finale has had
sequencer capabilities, albeit very primitive ones since it is a
*graphics* program, as long as I've used it (that is, since Finale
2000). You can "Save As..." and choose "MIDI file," though I'm not
sure if this feature is available in the NotePad version. Controllers
are available via the MIDI Tool, but as I say they are not
fully-developed as sequencing is not the focus of the software. I
compose/engrave in Finale, but if you want to play with the output
you're best off saving as a MIDI file and tweaking via a full-fledged
sequencer (I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9).

And by the way, I'm kind of new here. Hello, tuning list! I poked my
head in for a little while a couple of years back, but I was bogged
down with school so my involvement didn't last too long. Now I have
my BA and I edit and engrave for a music publishing company. Whenever
I go to school for a Master's (I'm waiting for my wife to finish her
Bachelor of Science degree) I hope to study microtonality or serialism
or computer-assisted composition, or some combination of those. I
definitely need to spend some time with JI and lattices and stuff, so
I hang out here to try to glean some information from the
conversation.

I will now return to my regularly scheduled lurking...

--
Brad Beyenhof
bbeyenhof@sbcglobal.net

Sorry for the late reply.

From: "herr_theoretiker" <bb_lists@...>

> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Wier" <dawiertx@s...> wrote:

> You didn't look hard enough. The full version of Finale has had
> sequencer capabilities, albeit very primitive ones since it is a
> *graphics* program, as long as I've used it (that is, since Finale
> 2000). You can "Save As..." and choose "MIDI file," though I'm not
> sure if this feature is available in the NotePad version. Controllers
> are available via the MIDI Tool, but as I say they are not
> fully-developed as sequencing is not the focus of the software. I
> compose/engrave in Finale, but if you want to play with the output
> you're best off saving as a MIDI file and tweaking via a full-fledged
> sequencer (I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9).

I want to find out, but I'm still waiting for Finale's website to send me
back my password which I forgot. I'll have to use NoteWorthy Composer, which
is shareware (it's only moderately 'crippled'). Except I did send them a
check years ago to register the sofware, and never got the full version!

> And by the way, I'm kind of new here. Hello, tuning list! I poked my
> head in for a little while a couple of years back, but I was bogged
> down with school so my involvement didn't last too long. Now I have
> my BA and I edit and engrave for a music publishing company. Whenever
> I go to school for a Master's (I'm waiting for my wife to finish her
> Bachelor of Science degree) I hope to study microtonality or serialism
> or computer-assisted composition, or some combination of those. I
> definitely need to spend some time with JI and lattices and stuff, so
> I hang out here to try to glean some information from the
> conversation.

I came back the other day after a long absence. Years ago, I discovered
quartertones, joined this list, and embarrassed myself by 'discovering'
tunings that people discovered centuries ago without the help of computers
or even calculators. The Columbus complex, I guess you could call it. Then I
found out I can express almost everything I want with 72-edo, so I gave up
trying to find the 'ultimate tuning'. I'd rather just theorize on the
aesthetics of microtonalism rather than the mathematics and actually write
microtonal music the average person would enjoy listening to. When I play
bass with a group, I throw in an occasional 'half-fret' and 'third-fret' in
various licks and especially solos. (My style is progressive alternative
rock with jazz, blues, classical and world-music influences, and a couple
years ago I converted my Ibanez 6-string fretted electric into a fretless,
Jaco-style.)

Now I'm rambling, but anyway, I'm back. And welcome to the list.